"No no of course not!" Zizhen says quickly, eyes widening in horror at the very idea "He's not worried about you. Well, he is, but I mean-" his gaze flicks nervously over to Huaisang, who is still lazily fanning himself and watching the show.
"He's worried for you..." he admits. He doesn't want to say too much in front of Huaisang, although maybe he should, maybe knowing Jin Ling was on to him would convince him to stop whatever plan he has in mind.
Except... well... the conversation he'd overheard sort of made him feel like maybe Jin Ling was wrong...
~~~
Yuan listens carefully to the advice as he falls into line with the others, committing it to memory along with everything else he's learning - he wants to make everybody proud and not make any mistakes so that they don't regret bringing him on the hunt.
"A tiger?" Wuxian calls when the commotion happens, leaning slightly so he can look over at the boys with a shake of his head "This close to the village? Are you sure?"
It could be related to the strange goings on around here, but it's just as likely a disciple with an over-active imagination thinking he saw something.
It could have even just been a perfectly ordinary cat.
"Lan Zhan," he calls to his husband "What do you want to do, investigate or keep moving?"
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2021-09-17 01:22 (UTC)"No no of course not!" Zizhen says quickly, eyes widening in horror at the very idea "He's not worried about you. Well, he is, but I mean-" his gaze flicks nervously over to Huaisang, who is still lazily fanning himself and watching the show.
"He's worried for you..." he admits. He doesn't want to say too much in front of Huaisang, although maybe he should, maybe knowing Jin Ling was on to him would convince him to stop whatever plan he has in mind.
Except... well... the conversation he'd overheard sort of made him feel like maybe Jin Ling was wrong...
~~~
Yuan listens carefully to the advice as he falls into line with the others, committing it to memory along with everything else he's learning - he wants to make everybody proud and not make any mistakes so that they don't regret bringing him on the hunt.
"A tiger?" Wuxian calls when the commotion happens, leaning slightly so he can look over at the boys with a shake of his head "This close to the village? Are you sure?"
It could be related to the strange goings on around here, but it's just as likely a disciple with an over-active imagination thinking he saw something.
It could have even just been a perfectly ordinary cat.
"Lan Zhan," he calls to his husband "What do you want to do, investigate or keep moving?"